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• Recession is Over - But has the Recovery Begun?

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 143
  On the topic of the magnitude of the economic recovery, David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates , provided the following interesting snippet: Advertisement “The recession in the US may be over, but what sort of recovery lies ahead remains in question. All we can ...
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• Health Care Rationing, American-Style

  
  Economix — Authority: 751
  A conservative senators recent comments about the new mammography guidelines help illuminate how America already "rations" health care, an economist writes.
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• Investmentless recovery ahead?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 537
  Fatas-Mihov Blog  post rarely but whenever they do, it is full of insights. The duo have written some super papers and make a mark in the blogposts as well. In the recent post , they point that recoveries post-recessions in 1991 and 2001 were investmentless. What is interesting in this chart is that the last two ...
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• Boring Banking vs Exciting Banking

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 537
  I was reading this recent speech  by RBI Gov Dr Subbarao. He says there are calls to make banks boring. He cites works of Krugman, Volcker, Mervyn King and Dr. Reddy who in their own way have advocated the call to make banks boring. Taking a long term historical view, Krugman argues that there is a negative ...
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• Henley Maintains Rankings for its Executive MBA and Full Time MB...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Henley Business School has maintained its key business school ranking positions for both the Financial Times Executive MBA Rankings 2009 and Economist Intelligence Unit Full-time MBA Rankings 2009
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• 2009 Can’t be “better off” (at least in an economic sense)

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  There IS plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. We’ve certainly come a long way (baby) from a year ago. Let’s not forget, avoiding a second Great Depression was no foregone conclusion in the immediate wake of Lehman’s collapse. Then there’s our portfolios. True, your 401(k) and IRA are probably less ...
  17 hours ago

• Microfinance helps or not?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 537
  Well, there has been a lot of debate recently on the issue- whether microfinance helps or not? Two studies, both by Poverty Action Lab researchers have been in heavy controversy since they have been published. First – The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation  by Abhijit Banerjee,  ...
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• Creating jobs in US – Lessons from Europe?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 537
  Recently Paul Krugman pointed  to the differences in recovery of US and Germany. US is recovering with unemployment still rising and Germany recovering with hardly any increase in unemployment levels. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard has a superb post  in Peterson Institute’s Real Time Economics Issues Watch Blog. He ...
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• “Sex” or “gender”?

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  I began the previous post with a parenthetical slur on Americans (of which I am half-one), propping myself up on two creaky stereotypes: that Americans can’t (really) speak English, and that political correctness is in part to blame. Specifically, the issue was which of these two words was correct in the ...
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• The Un-American Pledge, Nietzsche (Republican), Islamists, Anti-Statism, Health Care Reform (again), and Abortion Politics

  
  2parse — Authority: 130
  Today, I present to you an early addition of the best reads for the long Thanksgiving weekend… 1. The Un-American Pledge. Michael Lind explains why the Pledge of Allegiance is un-American . 2. Nietzsche was a Republican . The Economist’s Democracy in America discusses Medicare and Nihilism . As it is ...
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• One Minimum Wage Increase With a Side of Fries, Please

  
  Economix — Authority: 751
  Economists have hotly debated the employment effects of the minimum wage. A recent study of obesity now weighs in on this debate.
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• The Economist’s women and men

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  Down under in Melbourne, Solid Gold Creativity has embarked on an intriguing investigation into sex (or “gender”, as the Americans among you would prefer in this context) in journalism. She found that only 27% of the articles in The Monthly , an Australian magazine, were written by women. Counting only ...
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• Why Are Some Cities More Entrepreneurial Than Others?

  
  Economix — Authority: 751
  The success of a city is tied to the areas entrepreneurship, but what explains why some places are more entrepreneurial than others? an economist writes.
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• International Monetary System – a quick view

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 537
  Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada talks on international monetary system (IMS) in his recent speech . The international monetary system consists of (i) exchange rate arrangements; (ii) capital flows; and (iii) a collection of institutions, rules, and conventions that govern its operation. Domestic ...
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• Using economics to ease airport congestion

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 537
  It is once in a while you come across such papers which refresh you completely. These days most research is focused around crisis and recessions which is very good but gets onto you after a while. You need a change.  I came across this  fascinating paper  by econ trio – Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus C. Coughlin , ...
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• Wall Street Applauds Home Sales

  
  Refinance Home Mortgages — Authority: 435
  Home sales were up 10.6% in October. They are up 33% since January. Wall Street is going up in part because of this.Ive heard lots of stories about bidding wars. (...)
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• California: inmates (voters) run the asylum

  
  The Hannibal Blog — Authority: 121
  The World in 2010 , our (ie, The Economist ’s) annual sister publication, is now out. This is a magazine in which we and our invited guests take shots at prognosticating the coming year. My piece is this one on the Constitutional Convention that California is all but certain to call in 2010. For you regular ...
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• Singapore and other economies compared

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 476
  How is Singapore doing compared with other economies? Not bad at all. Here is a chart from The Economist showing the rise or fall in GDP, consumer prices and unemployment in various countries since last year.  
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• How to get through airport security (with your toiletries intact)

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 683
  A useful primer from The Economist. Random Posts... Words Fail A Plea for Engagement This…
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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